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Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 2, sentence 12

You come sleep right ober me back; an wen, soon a mornin, you yeddy me knock me wing togedder and crow, you sail right off fuh de Sun house, an you kin ketch um befo eh git up from eh bed.”

Who acts: You, wen · What happens: be, sleep, yeddy, knock, sail, um · To what, where: You, right ober, me, wing togedder, fuh

This is a sentence of «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, wen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.

The tree

nsubjcopamodobjnmod:unmarkedadvmodpunctdetnsubjpunctadvmoddetconjpunctnsubjconjobjparataxisobjcompoundobjccconjpunctnsubjconjadvmodcaseobjcompoundcompoundappospunctdetnsubjamodcompoundconjcaseamodnmodcasecasedetnmodpunctpunctrootYouPRONcomeVERBsleepVERBrightADJoberNOUNmePRONbackADV;PUNCTanDETwenNOUN,PUNCTsoonADVaDETmorninNOUN,PUNCTyouPRONyeddyNOUNmePRONknockVERBmePRONwingNOUNtogedderNOUNandCCONJcrowNOUN,PUNCTyouPRONsailVERBrightADVoffADPfuhNOUNdePROPNSunPROPNhouseNOUN,PUNCTanDETyouPRONkinADJketchNOUNumNOUNbefoADPehADJgitNOUNupADPfromADPehDETbedNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 sleepnsubj
2comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Youcop
3sleepsleepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 oberamod
5oberoberNOUNNumber=Sing3 sleepobj
6meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 obernmod:unmarked
7backbackADV_3 sleepadvmod
8;;PUNCT_10 wenpunct
9anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 wendet
10wenwenNOUNNumber=Sing19 knocknsubj
11,,PUNCT_14 morninpunct
12soonsoonADVDegree=Pos14 morninadvmod
13aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art14 mornindet
14morninmorninNOUNNumber=Sing10 wenconj
15,,PUNCT_17 yeddypunct
16youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs17 yeddynsubj
17yeddyyeddyNOUNNumber=Sing10 wenconj
18meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs17 yeddyobj
19knockknockVERBVerbForm=Inf3 sleepparataxis
20meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs19 knockobj
21wingwingNOUNNumber=Sing22 togeddercompound
22togeddertogedderNOUNNumber=Sing19 knockobj
23andandCCONJ_24 crowcc
24crowcrowNOUNNumber=Sing22 togedderconj
25,,PUNCT_27 sailpunct
26youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs27 sailnsubj
27sailsailVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 sleepconj
28rightrightADV_30 fuhadvmod
29offoffADP_30 fuhcase
30fuhfuhNOUNNumber=Sing27 sailobj
31dedePROPNNumber=Sing32 Suncompound
32SunSunPROPNNumber=Sing33 housecompound
33househouseNOUNNumber=Sing30 fuhappos
34,,PUNCT_39 umpunct
35anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 umdet
36youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs39 umnsubj
37kinkinADJDegree=Pos39 umamod
38ketchketchNOUNNumber=Sing39 umcompound
39umumNOUNNumber=Sing30 fuhconj
40befobefoADP_42 gitcase
41ehehADJDegree=Pos42 gitamod
42gitgitNOUNNumber=Sing39 umnmod
43upupADP_46 bedcase
44fromfromADP_46 bedcase
45ehehDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 beddet
46bedbedNOUNNumber=Sing42 gitnmod
47..PUNCT_3 sleeppunct
48”"PUNCT_3 sleeppunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentYoutree rules
2sleeppresentYouright ober mevn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ober=Theme
3yeddyyoumetree rules
4knockinfinitivea wen and a mornin and yeddywing togedder and crowmevn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination togedder=Theme
5sailpresentyoufuh and a kin ketch umvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuh=Theme
6umyoubefo eh git up eh bedtree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular» by Charles C., Jr. Jones, Project Gutenberg book 76586 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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